title: Main traumatic events in Europe: PTSD in the European study of the epidemiology of mental disorders survey.
abstract: A potentially traumatic event (PTE) contributes to trauma through its frequency, conditional probability of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and experience of other PTEs. A cross-sectional survey was conducted, enrolling 21,425 adults nationally representative of six European countries. Using the WHO-Composite International Diagnostic Interview, 8,797 were interviewed on 28 PTEs and PTSD. Prevalence of 12-month PTSD was 1.1%. When PTSD was present, the mean number of PTEs experienced was 3.2. In a multivariate analysis on PTEs and gender, six PTEs were found to be more traumatic, and to explain a large percentage of PTSD, as estimated by their attributable risk of PTSD: rape, undisclosed private event, having a child with serious illness, beaten by partner, stalked, beaten by caregiver.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Henri-Ey, 15 Avenue de la Porte de Choisy, 75013 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Darves-Bornoz
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de Girolamo
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de Graaf
authors.forename: Josep-Maria
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Haro
authors.forename: Viviane
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kovess-Masfety
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lepine
authors.forename: Gaëlle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nachbaur
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Negre-Pages
authors.forename: Gemma
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vilagut
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gasquet
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003625:Data Collection; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology*